What the Bible says about light and seed

The True Light "In him, (the Lord Jesus) was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world,…the world didn’t recognize him." John 1:4,9.

The Good Seed and the Weeds “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seeds in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.”Matthew 13:24,25.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

The Seasons in the Life of a Christian- Brokenness - Purification & At the cross - Chapter I. (4,5)

Written and published by Jean-Louis Mondon. http://thelightseed.blogspot.com(To read the preceding andfollowing
chapters, click on the left lateral bar on the numbered chapters under
the title "The Seasons in the Life of a Christian" - Brokenness.)4. Cleansing through the fire of affliction

However,
salt before it can be used, has to go through the process of being made
pure. As soon as salt gets in contact with humidity, its inherent
absorbing quality, just like a sponge sucking in water, causes it to be
polluted by whatever impurity is in the water.

Talking
about salt again, but this time in the context of people causing
believers to sin, Jesus clarifies the issue of purity when He says:

“For
every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be
salted with salt. Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltiness,
wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace
one with another. ”(Mark 9:49-50).How is the Lord going to make the salt in us pure?

Through the fire of affliction. Malachi 3:3 states:

“And
he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify
the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer
unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.”

Do
we have peace with one another?Peace in the body of Christ does not
just happen. Paul in Ephesians exhorts us to make every effort to keep
unity of the spirit through the bond of peace. We already have unity if
we are in Christ, the hard part is to keep it. Isaiah 48:17-18 states:

“Thus
saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy
God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that
thou shouldest go. O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then
had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the
sea”.

Our Lord Jesus gave us a new commandment, “That ye love one another, as I have loved you.” (John
15:12). I believe that a great deal of what is hindering the work of
God in our communities stems from the lack of the bond of peace in the
Christians’ relationships, between spouses, parents and children,
Christian brothers and sisters and churches of different or same
denomination. (Here I am not talking ecumenical unity, but of the unity
of the Spirit between true followers of Christ). Is the water of our city
brackish? Is the relationship among Christians in our city one of love,
peace and unity or are we trying to cover up the lack of reality in our
lives, the hurts, discord, bitterness and resentment with our Sunday
smiles?

Following
the example of the prophet Elisha, how could we make the city water
that came from the spring (the inner spiritual flow) sweet and the land
(our lives) productive again?

By
letting the Lord cleanse us (the bowl or vessel), and purify the salt
in us as we gladly accept the purifying fire of affliction and trials
without bitterness. The quickest way for salt to penetrate hard,
unproductive soil is to be diluted and poured out on it and that is just
what we Christians can do with our tears.

Father,
according to your Word in Psalm 56:8 your servant David asked you to
put his tears in a bottle. May we see your hand in our affliction and
accept its purifying purpose for our lives. We, your church, ask you
through the power of your Holy Spirit to create in us a pure heart,
release our tears that you have collected in these broken vessels and
pour them on the dry and hard hearts that they might be softened just as
your rain falls on the just and the unjust to soften the earth and
causes things to grow.

5. The level ground at the cross

Then, the farmer must level the surface of the ground (v.25), so the seeds will

all start germinating at the same level to make sure that the final crop will be as

even as possible. We all have to start at Ground Zero,

“at the cross where we first saw the light

and the burden of our hearts rolled away

it was there by faith

we received our sight…”

Our
Lord Jesus was crucified between the two thieves. But actually the
thief that turned to Jesus and cried out to Him for help was himself in
the center of the battleground between two attitudes and choices that
were represented at Calvary. The first one of bitterness, cynicism,
mockery, empty bravado from the thief who rejected the precious gift of
life, and the other one of forgiveness, indomitable courage, total
acceptance of His Father’s will from the Lord Jesus who is and has the
gift of eternal life. The ground was most fertile at the foot of the
cross where it had been plowed by the soldier’s shovels who dug the hole
and was watered by the blood of the sacrificed pure lamb of God and the
water of His tears mixed with the salt contained in His body. The
ground was the same, the tears, the blood, the gift equally available to
each one of the thieves, but one chose life in forgiveness and the
other one death in bitterness. For us, the choice is still the same
today.

“Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water” John 19:34.

A Christmas Reflection from the Light Seed

This is a Christmas message that I repost every year because of its timelessness. I hope that it will bless you and that the seeds of love, truth, hope and joy planted in your heart by the Lord will flourish as Aaron´s almond rod of authority and service and nourish the hungry and thirsty around us.

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The Joshua Tree - An original parable/allegory by this blogger.

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God (Genesis 21:33). Here is old Abraham just planting a tree and living by his well. Why are we told this? It is symbolic of what is taking place in his heart and life. The tree immediately brings to mind Psalm 1, which says the man of God will be like a tree planted by rivers of living water, bringing forth its fruit in season. Here is a life that is fruitful, that is concerned about those immediately around and is pouring out blessing into their lives and hearts. Excerpts from Ray Stedman´s devotion: "This Thirsty World" https://www.raystedman.org/daily-devotions/genesis-12to25/this-thirsty-world

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SUICIDE WATCH

I am sure most of you have known at some time in your life a person who wanted or attempted to end their life or succeeded in doing so. Personally, I have known a number of such people. I, myself had such an episode as an adolescent.

More and more I am reading and hearing about people young, old, male, female, gender and age don´t matter that add their lives to this problem of epidemic proportion in our society. Whatever the cause, we can all do something however small to save lives.

No need to have a psych. degree or to be licensed. An understanding heart, a listening ear is sometimes all that it takes to help weaker, more sensitive people overcome the hopelessness that drives fellow human beings to discard the gift of human life.

Please, take a few minutes to read below the few examples and testimonies about suicide. And please pass it on, if that´s all you feel inclined to do. Thank you.

HE INVITES SUICIDE JUMPERS FOR A CUP OF TEA

Don Ritchie moved to a house outside Sydney, Australia, for the clifftop view. But soon he was stopping suicides by inviting potential jumpers inside for a cup of tea.

Don Ritchie has been awarded a medal for bravery and an Order of Australia (the nation’s second highest honor) for averting hundreds of would-be suicides by approaching people and offering them a cup of tea. ‘I used to sell kitchen scales and bacon cutters,’ he says. Now, ‘I’m trying to sell people life.’